Even with a VPN, open Wi-Fi exposes users

Re:Even with a VPN, open Wi-Fi exposes users by zimbatm on Saturday June 13, 2015 @07:34AM (#9710709)

Windows is a step ahead of OSX with it's Private/Public networks distinction. Having little snitch installed on OSX it's staggering to see how many core services are trying to access external services, most of them on port 80.

In both cases we're still lacking good representations of network traffic. If things didn't happen in the dark in the background users would probably be more concerned and watchful.

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Re:Even with a VPN, open Wi-Fi exposes users by steckerbrett on Saturday June 13, 2015 @07:58AM (#9710760)

Little Snitch is one of my favorite pieces of software, it is truly amazing how noisy most software is. Without it, your ISP knows even what programs you have open because they call home every 15 minutes for stupid reasons.

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Re:Even with a VPN, open Wi-Fi exposes users by gwu78 on Saturday June 13, 2015 @02:07PM (#9711926)

"... stupid reasons."

Do you think developers assume you will not notice or will not care?

In my experience, most if not all of this software uses DNS for the attempted dial outs. Running my own DNS makes blocking easy.

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Re:Even with a VPN, open Wi-Fi exposes users by steckerbrett on Sunday June 14, 2015 @04:57AM (#9714247)

Both.

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Re:Even with a VPN, open Wi-Fi exposes users by htilonom on Saturday June 13, 2015 @08:33AM (#9710810)

You're confusing two different things. Windows still does phone home even in private network. In private network it just "locks" down access to your computer to some extent.

The same is also present in OS X under Firewall settings where you can go stealth mode and / or block all incoming connections.

Both phone home.

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